Each of the measures were debated in a marathon floor session, and in several hours of testimony in committee hearings, before passing through the House where Democrats hold a 37-28 edge. In the Senate, Democrats hold a 20-15 advantage and Republicans need three Democratic “no” votes to spike a bill.

Republican Mitt Romney and President Obama at their first debate, at the University of Denver.

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Danny Stroud pulled into a parking-lot near Sports Authority Field at Mile High in a “campaign bus” of his own Wednesday afternoon.

“It’s a 1965 Volkswagen Beetle that my brother and I restored last year,” said Stroud, a Denver Republican, who is challenging incumbent Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette in the 1st Congressional District. “It’s a great campaign car.”

Stroud arrived to hear Ohio Sen. Rob Portman — rumored to be a favorite on Mitt Romney’s list of vice presidential candidates — deliver a speech to a small group of GOP supporters. It was one of several stops the Romney campaign bus made along the Front Range Wednesday.

Colorado Treasurer Walker Stapleton and Gov. John Hickenlooper take in a show on Thursday night.

The two are both self-proclaimed music junkies and often take in shows together.

On Thursday, Hickenlooper and Stapleton went to see Wilco at the Fillmore Auditorium. They have previously gone together see the Dave Matthews Band and The Fray, Stapleton said.

“He is a friend, as zany as that sounds in these hyper-partisan times,” Stapleton said. “He is a friend who I have disagreements with, but when it comes to good music … we sneak off and go out to see good music.”

Abraham Lincoln High School will be the venue for President Barack Obama’s speech Tuesday afternoon, and it also will be on the turf of Denver’s only Republican council member.

Jeanne Faatz

Jeanne Faatz, who just entered her third term on Denver’s City Council, said she is honored the Office of the President of the United States will be in her district. Not that she is so enamored of the person in that office this time around.

“I find it ironic that he selected my district to give his speech,” Faatz said today.

Perhaps, Obama selected her district as a way to convert the lone Republican.

“That’s not going to happen,” she said.

In 2008’s presidential election, Obama overwhelmingly won Denver with about 74 percent of the vote. But one precinct – the Fort Logan/Marston neighborhood that is Faatz stronghold supported Sen. John McCain by almost 61 percent.

The piece starts out with Cohen calling Bennet a “jerk” — an assessment gleaned from the senator’s television commercials — but then goes on to say it was a mistaken impression and that Bennet is highly qualified and actually not a jerk. It’s a little jarring, but by the end, Bennet is the subject of yet another WaPo man crush column.

Maybe Bennet has changed his TV persona since I was last in his state. I have since met him and found him personable, humorous — and very, very smart. I would vote for him without hesitation. He has the knowledge, the experience and the proper — which is to say, my — values. I was wrong about him. He is not in the least bit a jerk. He just played one on television.

The other ode to Bennet was the Dana Milbank piece from a few weeks ago in which Milbank not only praised Bennet, but ripped his primary opponent Andrew Romanoff.

It’s interesting how Bennet is just now showing up on the radar screens of national columnists but in the end I’m not sure it will make much of an impression on Colorado voters.

Lynn Bartels thinks politics is like sports but without the big salaries and protective cups. The Washington Post's "The Fix" blog has named her one of Colorado's best political reporters and tweeters.

Joey Bunch has been a reporter for 28 years, including the last 12 at The Denver Post. For various newspapers he has covered the environment, water issues, politics, civil rights, sports and the casino industry.